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April 24, 2022April 24, 2022Chicago Reviews

“Six” tells the tales of Henry VIII’s wives in a pop-inspired, jubilant and joyful romp

I spent four decades as an English teacher. Each year, before the Shakespeare unit, I spent a day telling the story of […]

April 22, 2022September 28, 2026Chicago Reviews

“The Prom” is for everyone

For one week only, April 19-24, 2022, you have the opportunity to attend The Prom at the Cadillac Palace Theater. Don’t worry […]

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022Chicago Reviews

It’s impossible not to love Hadestown

Possibly the best new musical since Hamilton, the Tony Award-winning sensation Hadestown has returned to Chicago for what is, sadly, a very […]

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022Chicago Reviews

If you are a person in the world right now, you should go see Come From Away

Two things stood out as I made my way to Row G: the audience seemed really–I mean, really–happy and there was way […]

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022Chicago Reviews

Oklahoma: An old classic in a provocative new light

From the moment the first strains of “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” echo across the sparsely decorated stage and brightly lit audience, […]

December 15, 2021September 28, 2026Chicago Reviews

Welcome to Hollywood – Pretty Woman the Musical

Set Once Upon a Time in the 1980s in Hollywood, “Pretty Woman: The Musical” returns to Chicago December 14-19, 2021, and it […]

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020Chicago Reviews

Traveling "Once on This Island" may not be the Broadway version, but it is still a lovely and emotional restaging

Review by Karen Topham, ChicagoOnstage, member American Theatre Critics Association. Photo by Joan Marcus. Having missed out on seeing the Tony Award-winning […]

Chilina Kennedy & Sasson Gabay. Photo by Matthew Murphy

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019Chicago Reviews

“The Band’s Visit” is a lovely, intimate musical slice of life

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Aneesah Muhammad. “Once, not long ago, a group of musicians came […]

0849 The First North American Tour Company of COME FROM AWAY, Photo by Matthew Murphy,

August 1, 2019August 9, 2019Chicago Reviews

The touring “Come From Away” is every bit as funny, emotional, and inspiring as Broadway’s version

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Matthew Murphy. Every American knows what happened on September 11, 2001, […]

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019Chicago Reviews

“Falsettos” marches into town in a lovely revival

Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photo by Joan Marcus. “Love is love is love,” proclaim T-shirts you will […]